A fire broke out on an inactive oil platform along Southern California's coast early Monday, briefly endangering more than two dozen workers aboard the offshore rig. Emergency crews were able to ...

A Texas oil firm is fighting an uphill battle with the state of California to restart crude oil production and sales from three platforms in federal waters offshore Santa Barbara. Houston-based Sable ...

Crews were expected to replace a damaged oil pipeline piece by the end of the day on Friday, a Louisiana port official said, allowing for the resumption of production at seven offshore U.S. Gulf of ...

BLACK BAY — The anonymous log, found months later in an oil platform’s living quarters, documented a worker’s tasks: He pumped oil, cleaned sludge and repaired the structure. Then, abruptly: “Shutting ...

The Permian Basin and national oil rig counts are significantly up from six months ago and industry spokesmen say that’s because the worldwide demand for oil has increased. The Permian Basin Petroleum ...

Appomattox, a deepwater oil platform, floats about 80 miles off Louisiana, in the Gulf of Mexico. Run by Shell, it’s one of several offshore operations that oil companies are continuing to invest in, ...

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China has built the world's largest offshore oil platform for Saudi Arabia's Marjan field. Chevron's new high-pressure extraction technology signals continued investment in oil exploration. Despite ...

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Hundreds of offshore oil rigs have neared the end of their lives, but they remain perched high above the surface of oceans while the wells beneath them have run dry. Now, the government has proposed a ...

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